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	'<{title}>' => 'Too much ranch',
	'takedown' => '2017-11-01',
	'<{body}>' => <<<END
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<section id="recipe">
	<h2>Slowing work on the recipe</h2>
	<p>
		I&apos;ve been eating a lot of salad lately, and <strong>*way*</strong> too much ranch dressing, all in the name of perfecting this ranch dressing recipe.
		It&apos;s time to slow down; that much ranch can&apos;t be good for me.
		I&apos;m now limiting my experiments to two per month; the number I can perform using one jar of mayo.
		I think I did three experiments last week, one with half a jar I had left over from the month before, so no more for a while.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="drudgery">
	<h2>Drudgery</h2>
	<p>
		My discussion post for the day:
	</p>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			Renewable energy is energy that we can depend on being continuously available, provided we take reasonable steps.
			For example, burning wood would be a renewable form of energy because we can replant, wind energy is renewable because the wind isn&apos;t going away any time soon, and solar energy is renewable because by the time it&apos;s gone, we&apos;ll already have died out.
			When we talk about renewable energy, we&apos;re not saying the energy source is literally endless.
			The two forms of renewable energy I&apos;ve chosen for this discussion are hydroelectric power and solar power.
		</p>
		<h3>Hydroelectric power</h3>
		<p>
			Hydroelectric power is great.
			It takes the power of already-moving water, pulled by gravity, and uses it to generate electricity.
		</p>
		<h4>Advantages</h4>
		<p>
			Major rivers aren&apos;t likely to disappear any time soon.
			Once you set up a hydroelectric dam, you can count on the river to continue providing power.
			This method of electricity generation also doesn&apos;t create any pollution (Union of Concerned Scientists, n.d.).
		</p>
		<h4>Disadvantages</h4>
		<p>
			However, it can still have a negative impact on ecosystems.
			For example, dams block fish from migrating back upstream.
			Additionally, this method of electricity generation isn&apos;t possible in areas without large rivers.
			My area draws most of its power from rivers because we have so many, but not every area is as fortunate as mine.
		</p>
		<h3>Solar power</h3>
		<p>
			Solar power harnesses the power of the sun to generate electricity.
		</p>
		<h4>Advantages</h4>
		<p>
			Solar panels are quiet.
			You don&apos;t have to worry about the noise of them bothering you.
			They&apos;re also very low maintenance.
			They don&apos;t require the constant upkeep that some methods of energy harvesting do (Shahan, 2013).
		</p>
		<h4>Disadvantages</h4>
		<p>
			Less solar power can be generated on cloudy days, and none can be generated at night.
			While rivers rush on night and day, solar power is limited in when it can be harvested.
			My area has a lot of rivers, but that&apos;s because we have a lot of rain.
			The area is usually some degree of overcast, so solar power isn&apos;t feasible here, at least not in bulk.
			My sister&apos;s doctor says nearly everyone in the area technically has a vitamin D deficiency, as vitamin D is usually manufactured in our skin when exposed to sunlight, but we don&apos;t get enough sunlight here for that to happen as much as it should.
			While solar panels do require little cost as far as maintenance, they still have a very high start-up cost.
			The panels themselves are expensive (Wall, n.d.).
		</p>
		<h3>My area</h3>
		<p>
			My area has a bunch of large rivers and gets little sunlight.
			The obvious choice for us is to use hydroelectric power.
			In fact, prior to the movement toward green energy, we&apos;ve <strong>*already*</strong> been using mostly hydroelectric power.
			It just makes the most sense given what resources we have available to us.
		</p>
		<h3>The future of relatability</h3>
		<p>
			We could certainly meet the stated deadline of using all renewable energy by 2050, if we really wanted to.
			We could probably even beat that by a decade or two.
			However, I don&apos;t have faith in humanity.
			I&apos;ve seen humans intentionally mess things up in the name of greed way too many times.
			The oil companies, for example, aren&apos;t going quietly.
			Keep in mind that if the goal is for all energy used to be renewable, you need to include the things people often forget to.
			For example, what you use to power your motor vehicle counts as energy consumption.
			Will each and every fossil-fuel-burning vehicle be shut down for good by 2050?
			Will all the gasoline pumps be closed down by then?
			And that&apos;s only one example.
			<strong>*Can*</strong> we be using all clean energy by 2050?
			Definitely.
			I&apos;d say we could even make it by 2030 if we tried.
			<strong>*Will*</strong> we make it by 2050 though?
			Probably not.
		</p>
		<div class="APA_references">
			<h3>References:</h3>
			<p>
				Shahan, Z. (2013, October 8). Advantages &amp; Disadvantages Of Solar Power. Retrieved from <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/08/advantages-disadvantages-solar-power/"><code>https://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/08/advantages-disadvantages-solar-power/</code></a>
			</p>
			<p>
				Union of Concerned Scientists. (n.d.). How Hydroelectric Energy Works. Retrieved from <a href="https://ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/how-hydroelectric-energy.html"><code>https://ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/how-hydroelectric-energy.html</code></a>
			</p>
			<p>
				Wall, A. (n.d.). Advantages and Disadvantages of Solar Energy. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.processindustryforum.com/hottopics/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-solar-energy"><code>https://www.processindustryforum.com/hottopics/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-solar-energy</code></a>
			</p>
		</div>
	</blockquote>
</section>
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